Hi, I have my Botboarduino connected to my computer and I am trying to download code onto it. For some reason, the computer can’t communicate with it (avrdude: stk500_getsync(): not in sync: resp=0x00), but I had it working before. The power LED is on, and I have tried to reset it. Please help.
The D4 LED is also on, still not uploading. It does have a power supply as well.
Update: D3 light started blinking and then became solid.
Hi and welcome to our forums!
In the Arduino IDE, have you chosen Arduino Duemilanove w/ ATmega328 as the board type (from the tools menu)?
Also, do you have anything connected to the board besides the USB? If so, can you upload a picture showing us your connections?
Thanks,
I am having a similar issue. All drivers have been updated, nothing but the USB cable is plugged into the board, the Arduino IDE (1.5.8) is identifying that there is a board at COM3 but it cannot upload anything to it. Suggestions that anyone can share?
Did you choose Arduino Duemilanove w/ ATmega328 as the board type (from the tools menu)? Do you have the USB/EXT jumper (item 17 in this image) setup in the USB position? Can you upload a picture of your board?
Yes, yes (though it is not for the picture), and yes.
http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j443/rdwallaceiii/Mobile%20Uploads/image.jpg
Oops. I just figured out what the issue is/was. Certainly helps if I remove the jumpers from the ICSP header. Upload works without any issues now.
Good catch and thanks for sharing your solution 
Hi,
I got a replacement from Robotshop for my old board and everything was well until I tried the sweep program, and I uploaded it into the board and it was working, and then the TX and RX LEDs dimmed and the board stopped working. I had a 12v power supply and had the servo jumpers on 5V. I think I blew the voltage regulator as the ATMega328 was getting really hot after it stopped working and I plugged it into the computer. I pulled out the voltage regulator, and I’m waiting for a replacement regulator from Amazon. I’ll update if it works.
Still didn’t work.
Also, when I plug it in via USB, the ATmega328 gets hot as well, and the error is always “avrdude: stk500_getsync(): not in sync: resp=0x00”.
Please disconnect everything from both boards - there is definitely a wiring issue, and it sounds like a board may have been fried.
With the BotBoarduino alone, set the power jumper to USB (rather than EXT) and connect it to your computer via USB.
Ensure the board is picked up on the computer and the drivers are installed (FTDI VCP).
Open the Arduino IDE, select the COM port which the board is connected to, and the board type is Arduino Duemilanove w/328.
Upload a simple blink LED sample sketch and get back to us if there are any errors during upload.
Hi Coleman,
There’s nothing connected to the board, and I think it’s fried because the program was working at first, but it suddenly stopped working; the RX and TX LED’s dimmed, and the SWEEP program stopped working. Power supply was a 12V (DC, I think) battery. On the Duemilanove specs, it says that the max input voltage is 20, with 12 being the max recommended, but it doesn’t specify AC or DC.
Can you provide a top down photo (clear) of the board as you have it currently configured?
Hi,
Here is the wiring. Before, I had the jumpers for the servos set on 5V and had a servo attached, and that’s when it stopped working.
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Unfortunately no image in your reply.
The image provided shows no ATMega328 chip, and the voltage regulator seems to have been re-soldered.
Your logic voltage is powered via USB which is good.
Obviously with the chip removed you can’t upload any programs.
Not sure how to proceed at this point.
Yes, I had the chip in before, but when I plugged it in the Atmega would become very hot, and when I replaced it with a different one (with a bootloader on it), it wouldn’t get hot but still wouldn’t work. I replaced the voltage regulator with one from here: amazon.com/Addicore-Positive … +regulator , made sure the connections were right, but it obviously isn’t the voltage regulator’s fault because a working Atmega won’t get hot.